Chapter 218: Each Meeting (2)

“Everyone, are you all gathered?”

After completing the interview, Julie and the knights gathered again in the Imperial chamber. This was a secret room created by Sophien to avoid the eyes of the eunuchs and her servants. Ahan distributed the Emperor’s orders there.

“It is a certificate to receive cooperation from the intelligence service. With this, the information below level 3 can be accessed, and you can receive help from sources widely spread across the continent.”

Julie nodded and put it in her pocket.

“Everyone’s assignments will be different, so please don’t share them. In addition, I will give you each a military uniform and ID card.”

Royal guard. This was the position that all knights wanted, but Julie wasn’t in a good mood.

“Of course, you will not be mobilized for normal missions. However, as long as you have entered the Imperial Family and accepted the assignment, you need the qualifications, dignity, and loyalty commensurate with that, so you have obtained consent to join the royal guard.”

Of course, this didn’t mean that she didn’t want to serve Her Majesty the Emperor. Just knowing who was standing at the top of the royal guard…

“Your grade is Vesiletta. It is a rune word meaning an agent acting independently, and your privilege is to act alone. Even if you join other guards in a large-scale operation, you can move without being swayed by the lower ranks.”

Julie looked at her ID.

[Julie: Vesiletta] [Security member ID]

Golden engraving and antique patterns imbued with magical energy that matched its beauty.

“This is a magical artifact that Her Majesty has crafted, so don’t lose it. Reissuance means removal from the royal guard.”

“…Oh. No wonder. There is mana in the ID.”

All thirty knights, including Julie, admired it. In a way, it was like receiving a gift from the Emperor herself.

“By the way, it’s a privilege, so I’m curious. Are there special privileges for each of these ranks?”

One named Jelen asked. As the strongest knight in the South, he was bigger than Zeit in terms of physique.

“Yes. Each rank and each individual has different privileges.”

“Whoa, so I’m curious about one more thing. What are the privileges afforded to Professor Deculein?”

Ahan answered his question.

“It’s the right to escape from a life-and-death situation.”

…Everyone was astonished.

* * *

─Everyone, please sit down! Sit down!

Epherene, moving up on the podium, asked the students to sit. She calmed them down by handing out pamphlets with Psychokinesis.

“Ugh…”

Lia still wore a serious look, and Maho glanced at me with a smile.

“…”

I looked around the hall. There would be an Archmage or someone close to it among the hundreds of people gathered at the venue, but I couldn’t distinguish them.